Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-02

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ports and impoElB az The Hawaiian
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rate powers as Cali, Chfn1 and Japan.
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fAnt, and long AGO learned. eEd hnvg
sinee pTaotsaod .she lesson thai ~ nAoald
prepare for war IN time Of peace. Tue
Canadian Pnciae Railroad 10 being
made IN Imperial enterprise IN its o.
Grafton - IL is constrnetioa. and 4 %
be made an imporlant aaenoY b bird
inR together khs eulonial depondencias
OF the British Empire. The clay Of
Victoria is beiaa made. O Arss class
asval station, snd II 70 be ntranRly for
tiled for Offensive and oefenafsn pnf
poses. Il ID not surprising that ouE
EnRiiah naiRhboEs should Occasionally
east look 81 longing feaset upon
tho rich reaaurooe Of the aGi0in-
ing Territory Of Washin ton, that
they shonlA sometimes cherish the
secret hops that national or intsg-
national difieuliies might arise whieh
would enable them 10 Eocovar, hy fofca
OF arms. o tsFxitorS which they
consider was loat 10 than b.
and which might
give them an opportunity Of extending
the boundaries Of British Columbia 90 /
the banks Of the Columbia River. The
protection Of Ifs And property on the
Pacific coast BY the United States Gov
eminent a q national necessity. Il ia
not Q party question. It e pot Ques-
tea that admits Of discussion IL 50 far
as Its adsisahiiify q concerned. Il ia /
only Q question whether those who have /
had entrusted TO them the responsible /
ities Of eoveFnment will riss 70 q proper |
Of the duty which rests i
upon thsm for the care Of the millions /
% lives and the untold wealth IN prop /
erty, eooH % be foand on the Pacific /
Coast Of the Unitod 6tRtea- The pos ]
session Of Puget Sound should carry |
WishitA oommandine innnsnce through. |
oat the PasiHo Ocean and The East /
ladies, as we'll as upon the entire wesf |
coast Of North America.
There IL, hare al hand, ell the raw /
material required 70 assert saeh an In |
dnsnce. Tue simple question d, will /
this raw material and sll the advan- i
.agss Of position be properly utilizedi /
Iset us hope that the Important question /
may soon Be answered IN the Affirmative. |
VIZ. II. PaoesKa.